The stag and hen guide to cruises

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The editor of Cruisecritic on shenanigans onboard and how to get the best deal on a final fling at sea

The tradition in which soon-to-be-married men and women endure all manner of humiliations as a last rite of singledom can be so much more intense on a cruise ship.

Cruise Critic member benatty’s stag do on Grand Princess began when he showed up in a tuxedo at his best man’s cabin door and was required to don Hugh Hefner-inspired pyjamas.

“I was then given a list of the items I would have to accomplish before I was allowed to go to sleep,” he says, “and over the course of dinner, and the six hours that followed, I accomplished the following: